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Prologue
A long time ago, when the planet
earth was just a thought, in the mind of a wind spirit, Light Blue soared threw
the heavens to his friends, Twisting Breeze and Swift Wind. The three wind
spirits were going to create a planet.
“What
will it be called?” Whispered the mesmerizing voice of Twisting Breeze.
“Well,
we should name it after our old leader, Htrae.” Suggested Swift Wind.
“No,
it sounds to…to majestic for a planet. If he were alive, he’d banish us to Hell
if we let creatures speak it casually over and over again!” Twisting Breeze
yelled scornfully.
“Stop
this ruckus, you two! I know what we could name it! The opposite of Htrae:
Earth!” Light Blue boldly pronounced. Twisting Breeze and Swift Wind tried the
word out.
“Earth.
Earth. I like it.” Swift Breeze said, letting herself spin around.
“I
do like it, as well, Light Blue. We shall name it Earth.” Twisting Breeze said,
nodding. He spun gracefully around as well. And so they collected dust and
magma and air and spun it around until it was a large round planet.
“It
looks so dull. We should add water!” Swift Wind laughed, flying onto the
planet. She made herself into a tornado, and got an ocean of water from the
heavens.
“No,
Swift Wind! It will fall into Hell!” Twisting Breeze screamed. But Swift Wind
leaned over Earth and dropped the ocean. And to her surprise, it stayed on the
planet.
“You
two are silly! Haven’t you visited the other planets we have made? They all
have a force called gravity! Just the one on Earth is biggest!” Light Blue
laughed. Twisting Breeze and Swift Wind blushed shyly.
“It
still looks boring. I’ll add land!” Twisting Breeze broke the silence. Twisting
Breeze also made a tornado and collected five continents full of rock and soil.
He then spun to the bottom of the water and, careful not to touch the magma
there, pulled up a large shape of land and flew back over to his clapping
friends.
“There,
it’s perfect! We can rest.” Twisting Breeze said, flying back into the heavens.
“Hold
on, Twisting Breeze. Remember yesterday, when we agreed we’d put creatures on
Earth?” Swift Wind said sternly.
“Yeah,
Yeah. Whatever.” Twisting Breeze spun back to his friends.
“You’re
turn, Light Blue! Make creatures with your magic!” Swift Wind cheered him on.
“Alright.”
Light Blue swallowed hard in his throat and flew calmly over to Earth. He bowed
his head. He then yanked his head up, making his whole body gold. He imagined
the creatures he would make and what they would evolve into. Suddenly, he
lowered his head and Earth had bugs on the land and huge creatures in the
water.
“Yeah,
Light Blue!” Twisting Breeze and Swift Wind cheered.
“Now,
we can rest. Right?” Twisting Breeze asked, exhausted.
“Yes,
Twisting Breeze. Now we can rest.” Light Blue smiled at his friend.
Years
passed and Earth’s creatures turned into dinosaurs, which turned into birds,
which turned into monkeys, elephants, tigers, lions, alligators, hippos and all
the wild animals there are today. They all fought sometimes, and some died, but
no animals fought as much as the lions and tigers. They’d argue about who
should be nice first and then they’d all end up killing each other. One day
when Light Blue was checking on his new planet, he saw the lions and tigers
doing this. Blood splattered the ground and dead bodies lay scattered among the
tussle of claws and fur.
“Stop
this nonsense!” Screamed Light Blue, disgusted of his creatures. All the lions
and tigers stopped fighting and bowed their heads at Light Blue.
“Why
are you all fighting?” Light Blue scornfully yelled at them.
“Sir,”
A tall tiger grunted, “It is the lions’ fault! We told them we wouldn’t fight,
if they were nice first!”
“But
we said they should be nice first!” Screamed an old lioness.
“So
now you’re fighting about who should be nice first?” Light Blue scolded them.
The big cats nodded.
“Why
can’t you be nice at the same time?” Light Blue suggested.
“Because,”
A tiger cub retorted, rolling his eyes, “If both groups swore they would be
nice to each other, one of them would have to act first!”
“Huh…”
Thought Light Blue. He flew down into the earth’s heart and came out with two
shining gemstones.
“Each
stone represents the strength, bravery and kindness of each group.” Light Blue
handed a lion a sunstone. He also gave a tiger a moonstone.
“Now,
give each other the stones.” Light
Blue strictly told them. The tiger and the lion met under a large tree and
exchanged stones.
“You
just made your first move in kindness. Place each stone next to each other
under the tree.” The lion and tiger dropped the stones next to each other. Then
Light Blue made a large ditch in the soil in between the rocks.
“On
the side of the ditch where the sunstone is, that is the tigers’ territory. On
the side of the ditch with the moonstone, that is the lions’ territory. If any
stone is retreated, that means that that group has resigned and wants to fight.
I hope you stay in peace.” Light Blue slowly drifted away.
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